The Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2018 Agents Teaming Up in an

This book constitutes the 13th edition of the annual Multi-Agent Programming Contest, MAPC 2018, and presents its participants. The 2018 scenario and all its changes from previous competitions are described in the first contribution, together with a brief

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Tobias Ahlbrecht Jürgen Dix Niklas Fiekas (Eds.)

The Multi-Agent Programming Contest 2018 Agents Teaming Up in an Urban Environment

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Series Editors Randy Goebel University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Yuzuru Tanaka Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Wolfgang Wahlster DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Founding Editor Jörg Siekmann DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

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Editors Tobias Ahlbrecht TU Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Jürgen Dix TU Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Niklas Fiekas TU Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

ISSN 0302-9743 ISSN 1611-3349 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ISBN 978-3-030-37958-2 ISBN 978-3-030-37959-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37959-9 LNCS Sublibrary: SL7 – Artificial Intelligence © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Preface

In this volume, we present the 13th edition of the annual Multi-Agent Programming Contest and its participants. The 2018 scenario and all its changes from previous competitions are described in the first contribution, together with a brief description and analysis of the five participating teams and a closer look at the matches. This is followed by a contribution from each team, where they introduce the methods and tools they employed to create their agent team and where they analyze their perfor